Abdulrasheed Maina, Wanted for Over N2 Billion Pension Fraud, Visits Nigeria Regularly Without being Arrested.
Abdulrasheed Maina, is the embattled former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, declared wanted by the EFCC for his alleged involvement in over N2 billion Pensions Biometric Scam in the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
Earlier this year, Justice Folasade Giwa Ogunbanjo of Federal High Court in Abuja, issued a judgement restraining EFCC from declaring the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abudulrasheed Maina, wanted, and she also gave an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the EFCC and its affiliates or related bodies from further declaring Maina wanted in relation to the issue of the pension scam.
In response to the Judgement then, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) appealed against the judgement of the Federal High Court, but its now over two months and there has not been any new judgement on the case. As at the time of writing, the notice declaring Maina wanted is still on EFCC Website.
There are also reports that Abudulrasheed Maina may have been pardoned by the Federal Government and that's why there has not been any update of the pension fraud case against him.
Abudulrasheed Maina, has now been visiting Nigeria more regularly than before because his name has probably been removed from the watch list by security agencies at the nation’s international airports.
Abudulrasheed Maina has always been visiting Nigeria.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission added Maina to its wanted list on its website on 06 November 2015 and subsequently Maina was placed on the International Police wanted list.
Maina subsequently met with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), in Dubai in 2016 during which he was reportedly assured of his safety in Nigeria.
Maina then visited Nigeria and resumed at the Ministry of Interior in 2017 where he was promoted to the position of Deputy Director, Human Resources Department, without sitting for the mandatory promotion examination.
After Maina’s controversial reinstatement and promotion in the Federal Civil Service, the Senate set up and Adhoc Committee to Investigate the controversial reinstatement and promotion of Maina. The Adhoc Committee has since then submitted its finding to the Senate but there has not been any pronouncement by the Senate on the issue.
President Buhari in late 2017 directed the immediate disengagement of Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina from the Federal Civil Service, but the order was not immediately carried out by the Federal Civil Service Commission, though there are now reports that Maina has stopped going to work at the interior ministry.
